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Jan 25, 2005 · "Every girl wants her daddy," says the recently revealed daughter of an affair between 23-year-old Strom Thurmond and the family's 15-year-old black maid, "and I wanted mine." In this surprising and sometimes poignant memoir, Washington-Williams reveals how, when she was 16, she learned that her real father was "a handsome, charming, and rich ...
Dec 16, 2003 · The late Strom Thurmond, the Southern US senator who once led the charge for racial segregation, had a daughter by a black woman who once worked as the family maid. A 78-year-old woman from Los ...
Dec 22, 2013 · Thurmond kept his half-black daughter, Essie, a secret his whole life, while sending her financial assistance. And Washington-Williams honored the arrangement until Thurmond died in June 2003 at ...
Feb 8, 2013 · COLUMBIA, S.C. — When Essie Mae Washington Williams revealed that she was the mixed-race daughter of the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, there was a rush to transform this gracious, dignified ...
Dec 17, 2003 · An attorney for the family of former U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina confirmed Monday that in 1925, when he was 22, Thurmond fathered a child with a black teenage housekeeper.
Feb 7, 2013 · The recent death of Essie Washington-Williams, the Black daughter of segregationist Strom Thurmond, serves as a reminder of the nexus of race and sex in American history. News By Jonathan P. Hicks
Jan 24, 2006 · This is the story of Strom Thurmond's daughter, conceived with a black household staff woman who he apparently genuinely loved but kept secret. He kept his daughter secret as well, but managed to show an interest in her life and help her through college. She has a very sweet, innocent, kind personality and gives her father every benefit of a doubt.
- Essie Mae Washington-Williams, William Stadiem
